Police Brutality Argumentative Essay

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Police Brutality is one of the most controversial political issues around the United States. Police brutality is defined as “The use of excessive and/or unnecessary force by police when dealing with civilians”2. There are two commonly known types of police brutality, physical and psychological. The physical form of police brutality refers to the case of officers using batons, nerve gas, guns, the improper use of tasers, and pepper spray, in order to physically intimidate and/or harm civilians. The more psychological aspect of police brutality usually take form in verbal abuse, sexual abuse, racial profiling, false arrests, psychological intimidation, and police corruption.
This issue of police using excessive force, regarding race, has been